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Old Nov 21, 2024 | 03:59 PM
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Raven Topper ID Help Needed

Hey y'all -

A few months ago, I picked up an old Raven topper for Freeda. It's frikken' YUGE, seems well-built, and has some nice touches like screens on the sliding side windows and carpeted interior.


This is the ID tag on the inside:



I'd love to learn more about it, but my google-fu isn't strong enough. I can't find anything on the internet about the Raven brand, other than it was bought out by Glass-tite a while ago.

Anyone got details or an old catalog or anything?

Thanks!
 
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Old Nov 21, 2024 | 09:53 PM
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I had one on my 77' 250, they were very desirable 70-80s
I made a nice camper rig out of it.
that's all I can help.
Congratulations, great score..
 
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Old Nov 27, 2024 | 05:00 PM
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Yeah, I can't find much more than than about it.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2024 | 11:31 AM
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Yeah, it's weird how there's nothing out there. I thought you could find anything on the Internet but guess not. Oh well.
 
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So . . . I got curious and found this thread: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...per-shell.html

Then I found this article that mentions that Penda bought Glasstite in approximately October of 1999: https://www.buyoutsinsider.com/penda...arts-platform/ (.PDF attached)

. . . and in yesterday's quest, I found another reference to Raven being bought by and/or otherwise a part of Glasstite. So I pulled at that thread and found this: https://www.aftermarketnews.com/pend...-product-line/ (.PDF attached)

. . . which brought me to this: https://brandfxbody.com/

Then I decided to look up just "glasstite". That brought me to this 2005 Glasstite brochure: https://media.rvusa.com/library/GlasstiteBrochure.pdf (.PDF attached)

On the last page of the brochure they include a link to this page: https://brandfxbody.com/glasstite



Today, this link goes to a [Page not found] page at brandfxbody, but over there on the right in the list of locations included, I see this:



. . . which matches your build tag's "Dunnell, MN 56127":



Looking all the way back to 1985 satellite imagery, it looks like the same types of operations have been going on at this location since then, although their lot is a little more crowded today.

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I thought you could find anything on the Internet but guess not.
Glad I could save the day, LOL.
 
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Old Nov 28, 2024 | 04:14 PM
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Hahahahahah.

I applaud you, Sir or Ma'am. That was awesome. I owe you a beverage of your choice. Hope your Thanksgiving is a great one.
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